Published on 1 September 2026

Contact

Most of our activities are carried out in Wabern. Our aerial photo service is located in Dübendorf near Zurich, while the Mont Terri rock laboratory and visitor centre are in St-Ursanne. Here you will find detailed information to help you get in touch with us or with our specialists.

Find the right contact point by topic

You can reach us by phone at [phone] during the following hours:

Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Buy maps

  Information on the web: swisstopo online shop

  Email: [e-mail]

• Conventional signs, symbols / map key

  Information on the web: Map accessories

  Email: [e-mail]

• Coordinates, reference frame

  Information on the web: Geodetic national survey

  Email: [e-mail]

• Geodata (digital maps, aerial images, elevation and landscape models)

  Information on the web: Geodata and applications

  Email: [e-mail]

• Geology (products, data, services)

  Information on the web:

  • Geological models
  • Geological Maps
  • Geological services
  • Basic data, georesources, geology for all
  • The Swiss Geological Survey

  Email: [e-mail]

• History, collections

  Information on the web: Infodesk History

  Email: [e-mail]

• Land, land ownership

  Information on the web: The Swiss cadastral system (in German)

  Email: [e-mail]

• Map reading

  Information on the web: Map reading made easy

  Email: [e-mail]

• Map viewer map.geo.admin.ch

  Changes or errors in maps: Report changes to maps or geodata

  Email: [e-mail]

• Official geographic directories

  Information on the web: Official geographic directories

  Email: [e-mail]

• Register of Public-Law Restrictions on Ownership

  Information on the web: Register of Public-Law Restrictions on Ownership (in German)

  Email: [e-mail]

• Report changes to maps

  Information on the web: Report changes to maps or geodata

  Email: [e-mail]

Locations

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Seftigenstrasse 264
P.O. Box
3084 Wabern

Tel. [phone]
[e-mail]

• Opening hours of the shop

  Monday to Thursday
  7.45 to 11.45 a.m.
  1.30 to 5 p.m.

  Friday
  7.45 to 11.45 a.m.
  1.30 to 4 p.m.

• How to reach Seftigenstrasse 264 by car

  Unfortunately, swisstopo has only a very limited number of visitor car parks. Parking in the blue zone of the surrounding area may be possible. We would suggest, however, that you use public transport wherever possible.

• How to reach Seftigenstrasse 264 by public transport

  swisstopo is situated at the south-eastern end of Bern and can be reached by public transportation easily.

  From Bern main station:
  Tram No. 9, direction Wabern, to terminal station (time of journey 12 minutes).

Flight Service swisstopo

Militärflugplatz
8600 Dübendorf

Tel. [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

• How to reach our aerial photo service by car

  Motorway A1 in direction of Winterthur. Exit Dübendorf / Wallisellen. 
  

• How to reach our aerial photo service by public transport

  From Zurich central station with S14 or S9 to the train station of Dübendorf.
  From Dübendorf Station Nord, Bus 754 to Flugplatz Busstop.
  From station of Zurich central: about 15 min. + 5 Min. walk.
  

Visitor Centre Mont Terri

Route de la Gare 63
2882 Saint-Ursanne

Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]

• How to reach the visitor centre by car

  From the motorway A 16, you take the exit St-Ursanne. After getting off the motorway exit, you turn left at the stop sign. A few meters after having crossed under the motorway bridge, you take a right onto the street Route de la Gare. After approximately 700 metres and just before the train station, you can spot the Visitor Centre on the right – easily recognisable by the flags in front of the building. There is sufficient parking for cars and coaches.

• How to reach the visitor centre by public transport

  From Biel station, take the train in the direction of Meroux. Leave the train at St-Ursanne.
  You reach the visitor centre in a two minutes walk.